1 ~ sth to gradually become, or to make sth become, slower, less active, etc:
[V] We've been really busy, but things are starting to slacken off now. * [VN] She slackened her pace a little (= walked a little more slowly).
2 to become or to make sth become less tight:
[V] His grip slackened and she pulled away from him. * [VN] He slackened the ropes slightly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slacken is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is slacken a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, slacken is tagged as verb.
Does slacken appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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